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US Education secretary visits Haiti classrooms

YoopyaNov 6, 2013February 14, 20240

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A senior U.S. official visiting Haiti called Tuesday for greater transparency to improve the quality of education in the Caribbean country’s

U.S. gay-rights bill clears Senate Republican hurdle; Boehner opposes measure

YoopyaNov 6, 2013February 14, 20240

(Reuters) – A White House-backed bill to ban workplace discrimination against gays narrowly cleared a Republican procedural roadblock in the U.S. Senate on Monday with

Christie wins big in New Jersey, Democrat takes Virginia in governors’ races

YoopyaNov 6, 2013February 14, 20240

(Reuters) – Moderate Republican Chris Christie easily won re-election as New Jersey governor, while a conservative Republican popular with the Tea Party movement narrowly lost

Authorities: Suspect in NJ mall shooting is dead

YoopyaNov 6, 2013February 14, 20240

PARAMUS, N.J. (AP) — A 20-year-old man intent on dying fired multiple shots inside New Jersey’s largest shopping mall, trapping hundreds of customers and employees

As New York votes for mayor, de Blasio poised for landslide

YoopyaNov 5, 2013March 6, 20240

(Reuters) – Democrat Bill de Blasio faces the challenge of high expectations as he goes into Tuesday’s New York City mayoral election with a 40-point

35 candidates vie to be next Minneapolis mayor

YoopyaNov 5, 2013March 10, 20240

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Voters in Minneapolis on Tuesday confronted a ballot containing 35 candidates for mayor and a potentially confusing process of choosing

Hillary Clinton flattered by Schumer endorsement, but no decision on 2016

YoopyaNov 4, 2013March 10, 20240

(Reuters) – Hillary Clinton was flattered by an early endorsement by New York Democratic Senator Charles Schumer but has made no decision about running for

Obama’s health law finally gets real for America

YoopyaNov 4, 2013February 14, 20240

WASHINGTON (AP) — Now is when Americans start figuring out that President Barack Obama’s health care law goes beyond political talk, and really does affect

Teacher killed in Nevada school shooting honored

YoopyaNov 4, 2013February 14, 20240

SPARKS, Nev. (AP) — A Nevada math teacher killed by a 12-year-old student in a school-yard shooting that also wounded two students was remembered for

5 Things to Know about Week 10 of college football

YoopyaNov 1, 2013February 14, 20240

There is a corny saying that college football coaches like to use that goes something like this: They remember what you did in November. The